FULL-TIME: STORM 30 - 0 BRONCOS A dominant performance in the end, form the dominant side of 2017 so far. They will go into the Grand Final as hot favourites.

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PENALTY GOAL STORM With Smith now on the sideline, and an interference penalty, Tohu Harris is on kicking duties as they look to run the clock down. 15 metres in from the left touch, he nails it! 30-0

75'

Cronk grubbers back towards the ruck and nobody is at home at full-back, forcing Gillett to get back there and hack it dead.

71'

CONVERSION STORM Smith from close quarters again. 28-0

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TRY STORM Cronk breaks the line, once again thanks to Kaufusi's offload. He finds Slater on his inside to grab his quickfire double. 26-0

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PENALTY GOAL STORM Smith fron the resulting penalty. 22-0

68'

Adam Blair is penalised for a late hit on Cronk.

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CONVERSION STORM Smith from in front. 20-0

65'

TRY STORM Asofa-Solomona is dropped off by Smith and hits the ball at full speed, proving impossible to stop. 18-0

60'

CONVERSION STORM Smith from the right sideline. 14-0

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TRY STORM Slater gets what could be the decisive try. He backs up Kaufusi, who attracts two and offloads on his outside shoulder to the marauding full-back who finishes a trademark try in the corner. 12-0

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Ben Hunt attacks the try line from dummy-half, but loses the ball in the tackle.

55'

Benji Marshall, just on for Boyd, grubbers through the line for himself and he collects it. He is falling to the ground and is taken high by Slater, penalty is the call. No further action, though Marshall may need to take a HIA.

53'

Slater once again manages to resist temptation to play at a ball trickling towards the dead ball line, and he manages to judge it correctly once again.

49'

Cronk grubbers to the middle and Matt Gillett does well to control it with his legs before pouncing on it.

41'

Nelson Asofa-Solomona coughts up the ball in contact on the restart return!

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SECOND HALF KICK-OFF

HALF-TIME: STORM 8 - 0 BRONCOS The home side have done plenty of defending, in fact this game has been pretty much end to end throughout. Could eight points be too large a gap to bridge for the away side?

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CONVERSION STORM Smith from close range. 8-0

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TRY STORM Curtis Scott's offload in the tackle releases Addo-Carr, who races clear from long range to score the opening try. 6-0

37'

Nikorima breaks the line but Slater is there to chop him down.

32'

Slater drops a high bomb, 15 metres from his own line!

25'

Moga is the latest player to be on the overlap and bomb a try!

22'

Anthony Milford puts Oates in at the corner but Vunivalu's diving attempt dislodges the ball and prevents the try.

19'

After Tautau Moga fails to collect a loose ball, Will Chambers breaks clear and looks certain to set up Vunivalu in the corner, but the Fijian knocks on. Nobody can believe it!

18'

PENALTY GOAL STORM Smith bangs over the opening points after interference at the play the ball. 2-0

16'

Munster grubbers to the corner, and it has Jordan Kahu sweating with Josh Addo-Carr breathing down his neck, but the Brisbane man gets back to tap it dead in-goal.

15'

A forward pass to Vunivalu is irrelevant as the Broncos were offside.

13'

Slater sees the ball come loose from his grip as he tries to get away from his own try-line, but the referees rule a knock on against the Broncos. Melbourne get a reprieve.

9'

After a frantic start, Cronk slows it down by kicking to touch. Brisbane will need to bring it away from their own 10.

7'

Smith kicks early in the tackle count and Cooper Cronk chases, trapping Corey Oates five out from his own goal-line.

6'

Felise Kaufusi slices through the line and manages to get around Boyd, but he is eventually hauled down just shy of the line. Cameron Munster then goes close.

5'

Josh Addo-Carr manages to take a high bomb, from cross-field, in his in-goal area. Its been end to end so far.

2'

Kodi Nikorima's grubber through is well-weighted, but also well-left by Billy Slater who lets it trickle dead, just. He showed brilliant judgement, as ever.

1'

Suliasi Vunivalu turns it over on play two of the Storm's first set! Chance for Brisbane, early....

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KICK-OFF The home side, and Cameron Smith, do the honours.

The Broncos welcome Darius Boyd back to their lineup and he captains the side from full-back. Tevita Pangai Junior also comes into the side, while Corey Oates is cleared to play after being withdrawn early in last week's win over Penrith after a clash of heads.

Melbourne are hot favourites and benefit from a week off. They name the same 17 that edged Parramatta in the first week of the finals.

The penultimate week of the season is upon us and the Preliminary Finals start with a clash of Titans in Melbourne. The Storm host Brisbane Broncos with a place in the Grand Final at stake.